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Binder allows you to create custom computing environments that can be shared
and used by many remote users. It is powered by BinderHub,
which is an open-source tool that deploys the Binder service in the cloud.
One-such deployment lives here, at mybinder.org, and is free to use.
For more information about the mybinder.org deployment and the team that runs it, see
About mybinder.org.

This documentation provides information for those who
wish to use a pre-existing BinderHub deployment such as mybinder.org.
If you’d like documentation on how to create and administer your own BinderHub deployment,
see the BinderHub documentation, which
guides you through deploying your own BinderHub.

The following sections discuss some more in-depth topics on preparing and sharing
your Binder repository. How-To guides are shorter, actionable patterns that
accomplish something specific. Tutorials are more high-level and thorough,
and often cover more conceptual topics.

Note

Binder is a research pilot, whose main goal is to understand usage patterns
and workloads for future evolution and development. It is not a service that
can be relied on for critical operations.